Holder for drinking-cups.



G. J. BGHLMAN.

HOLDER FOB ERINKXNG CUPS. APPLIOAlO-N FILED JUNE 22, 1.9M.

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GEORGE J. BO'HLMAN, OF EVERETT, BISSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN WATER SUPPLY COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND, TION OF MASSACHUSETTS. l

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- HQLDER FOR DRINKING-CUPS.

Application tiled June 22,

10 an fwzof` a may' concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. BoHLMAN, a citlzen of the Ilmted States, residing at Everett, in the county of Middlesex and.

State oi' Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Holders for Drinking- Cups, of which the following is a specication.

Heretofore it `ias been the common practice to attach a holder for paper drinking cupsv to a wall or other fixture adjacent a water cooler for the convenience of the patrons, but it is not always practical, and sometimes impossible to thus support the holder. A This invention has for its object the provision of means arranged on the holder for coperation with means on the cooler, whereby said holder may be supported directly on the cooler in a position which is very convenient for use, and is readily removable. Figure 1 is a side elevation'ofa water cooler with a holder for paper drinking cups supported thereon. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the holder and a portion of theV tub of the cooler. Fig. 8 is a side view of the holder. Fig. 4 is a front view of the holder. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the holder. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the holder.

The holder here shown for illustrating my invention is o f the type comprising a bracket 10, having a circular delivery aperture for the cups and arranged to support a tubular cylindrical closure 12, for a pile of nested'` cups, but said holder itself is not of my invention. As here shown I have provided said bracket 10 with a pair of vertical walls 14 and 16. arranged with aA space between them of sullicient width to receive the upper edge of the tub 25 oi the cooler, the router vertical wall 14, occupying a position on the outside and the inneiI vertical wall 16 occupying a position on the inside of said tub, and the connecting portion between said walls resting on top of the edge of the tub. The device thus constructed unless made to very accurately lit the edge of the tub will Specification ci Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

191i. seriamauana l "'wabble and rock thereon, which is undesirable, and to obviate such' undesirable movements one end of the inner. wall 16 is extended for a considerable distance beyond the corresponding end of the outer wall 14, and said extension is arrangedto be located beneath a fixed cover-portion 26 on the tub of the cooler when thebracket is placed on the edge of said tub, and said extension of the inner Wall 16 has a rearwardly extended ear 17, arranged to occupy a position beneath said fixed cover-portion 26, thereby to pre sent a large at bearing-portion beneath said fixed cover-portion. The inner wall 16 is curved longitudinally to correspond to the curvature of the wall of the ,tub, thereby to snugly engage its inner side. The removable cover-portion 30 of the tub', see dotted lines Fig. 5, has its side or edgeportion cut away to form a recess to receive the connection-portion for the walls 14 and 16.

The cup-holder having a bracket with tub engaging means such as here shown may be easily and quickly placed on the edge oii the tub of the cooler, and will be very securely held against Wabbling or rocking and may be removed when desired. The tub engaging-means here shown may be cast integral with the bracket 10, if desired.

1. The cup-holder herein described arranged to be supported on the tub of a water-cooler having outer and inner vertical walls connected together at their upper ends andarranged with a space between them to receive the upper edge of the tub of the cooler, said walls being curved longitudinally, and the end of the inner wall being extended beyon the corresponding end of the outer wall, for arrangement beneath av water-coler having outer and inner vertical y walls connected together at their upper ends and arranged with a space between them to receive the upper edge of the tub of the coole?, the inner Wall being curved bangiudinay and having 0a@ end extended b@ youd the corresponding end of he outer Wall 'for arrangement beneath the xd coverporti@ of he Atub of the caoler, said eX- tensionp Vthas. inner Wall having a rear Hardly extended em'n ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, 'in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE J2 BOHLMAN. Witnesses GEO. R. Bums, EUZABETH WAHZEET. 

